Bankruptcy and drunk driving or OVI as it is known in Ohio has a connection. If you are OVI and cause bodily injuries, the damages for those injuries are not dischargeable in bankruptcy. Sure, the damages for the property damage part of the claim can be discharged. This has been the case for a long […]

Do you want your bankruptcy creditors to see all the personal information in your tax return? That is exactly what you allow to happen if you do not provide your most recently filed tax return to your bankruptcy attorney. Filing bankruptcy in the BAPCPA era is about giving your bankruptcy lawyer mountains of paper. That […]

What do you do when you want to be a high roller gambling at the casino, but you are not? You take out some pay day loans. That is the new trend among the working class in Cleveland. I wouldn’t call myself a gambler, although I have visited a few casinos in other cities. I […]

If you are gay and in a same sex marriage, bankruptcy help might be available to you in the Northern District of Ohio. This is precisely the circumstance facing a recent client. She originally planned to file bankruptcy alone, but had serious concerns about debt problems facing her same-sex spouse which the spouse could no […]

Two friends decided to make extra money selling watermelons outside the steel plant gate where they worked. They bought a truck, went down south and bought the melons for twenty five cents each. They drove back to Ohio and sold them outside the steel mill gate for twenty five cents apiece. After a few months […]